Bob Hoskins was robbed at the Cannes Film Festival ... (Laughs) Tribune — How did you interpret Iago? Hoskins — I approached it as a sort of sharp-talking thug. I saw him as a thug.

Bob Hoskins, the squat, bullet-shaped British actor ... Mr. Hoskins portrayed Iago opposite Anthony Hopkins in the title role of Shakespeare’s “Othello” for a 1981 BBC-TV production.

Hoskins played many famous literary characters — among them Sancho Panza and Micawber — as he alternated between films and TV for the rest of his career. Here he delivers Iago’s first-act ...

Acting legend Bob Hoskins had died aged 71 of pneumonia ... as a gangster with Helen Mirren in The Long Good Friday and as Iago in the BBC’s production of Othello. These were swiftly followed ...

Bob Hoskins, who has died aged 71 ... in Pennies from Heaven brought him a wider regard. When he was cast as Iago in Jonathan Miller's adaptation of Othello (1981) for the BBC, he met Linda ...

Actor Bob Hoskins died at the age of 71 Bob Hoskins ... of Malfi at the Royal Exchange in Manchester in 1980, he "made Iago look like a benevolent Sunday school teacher", and in Charles Wood's ...

The death of British film, television and stage actor Bob Hoskins on April 29 evoked genuine popular sadness. Hoskins was a fine performer, never less than watchable, and able to combine ...

British actor Bob Hoskins, best known for roles in The Long Good Friday and Who Framed Roger Rabbit, has died of pneumonia at the age of 71. Stars and former co-workers have paid tribute to the ...

LONDON -- British actor Bob Hoskins, whose varied career ranged from noir drama "Mona Lisa" to animated fantasy "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" has died aged 71. A family statement released Wednesday by ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Bob Hoskins was hailed as the original tough guy of British film, but once described himself as ''short, fat and bald, the only ...

NEW YORK — Bob Hoskins, the bullet-shaped British film star who brought a singular mix of charm, menace, and Cockney accent to a variety of roles, including the bemused, live-action hero of the ...